Add Files to an Archive

To add files to an existing archive, the archive must first be opened in the StuffIt application.

Viewing the Contents of an Archive: To view the contents of a StuffIt X (.sitx), StuffIt (.sit) or Zip (.zip) archive use the Folders Tab to navigate to the folder that contains the archive you want to view. You can then drag the file from the Folder Contents panel to the View drop area. You can also choose to have StuffIt and Zip archives open in ArchiveView when you double click them. You will be given the chance to set this preference the first time you double click a Zip or StuffIt archive. You can change this setting later, in the General Tab of the Options sheet.

When an archive is open in ArchiveView, you can add files by dragging them to the ArchiveView dialog from a Windows Explorer folder, or the Folder Contents panel. You can add folders to an archive by dragging them from either Windows Explorer or the Folders tab.

You can also add files to an archive using the Add Files dialog. The Add Files dialog is designed for complex archiving tasks, and allows you to add files by criteria such as name and date.

Navigating folders within an Archive: In the same way that a hard drive can contain multiple nested folders, an archive can also contain a folder structure made up of nested folders. To open a folder in an archive, double click the folder in ArchiveView. To move out of the folder (i.e. move up a level in the directory) double click the "Up a Level" folder.

Next: Searching for Files in an Archive

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